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Audiobooks Executive power United States History Generals United States History 19th century Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Military leadership Presidents United States Biography United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States. Army of the Potomac Officers BiographySears, Stephen W.
Summary: The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through the fires of war under seven commanding generals in three years, until Grant came east in 1864. The men in charge all too frequently appeared to be fighting against the administration in Washington instead of for it, increasingly cast as political pawns facing down a vindictive...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.75 SEAMcPherson, James M.
Summary: Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008